Is it normal to be kept in the dark about your grievance?
I filed a grievance last month that is now with a staff representative. I received correspondence from them stating that the employer has 30 days to respond and to forward any documentation I have to them.
I responded immediately asking if the staff representative needed me to forward everything I had given my shop steward or if they had that already. Never received a response.
After the 30 day deadline for the employer to respond I followed up with the staff representative to see if they had an update and what I can expect going forward. Never got a response to that email either.
Is it normal to be kept in the dark? Can the staff representative and employer have discussions without involving me? I guess I expected at the very least my staff representative would advise me if such conversations occurred? Just wondering if this is normal?